Virtualization Tour

1. Virtualization Tour Native Boot To VHD Dan Stolts, MCT, MCITP, MCSE, TS... Sr. IT Pro Evangelist Microsoft Corporation dstolts@microsoft.com http://blogs.technet.com/DanStolts

2. What Will We Cover? • Boot-to-VHD • Windows XP Mode • Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V • Managing Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager

3. Logistics • Food and Beverages in back • Cell Phones on silent or stun • Restrooms… • Evaluations/Report Card (Same scale as grade school) • 10 =100% A+ …does not exist because, nobody’s perfect! • 9 =90% … Good = Report card of “A” (A-minus actually) • 8 =80% … OK = Report card of “B” • Less than 8, Please give feedback so I/we can improve • 7 =70% … Not so good = Report card of “C” • 6 =60% … Very bad = Report card of “D” • 5 = 50% … Complete Failure = Report card of “F” • Less… You get the picture… Send em’ all packin’! • Timekeeper? • Dan’s Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/danstolts

4. Agenda Native Boot to VHD • What is Native Boot? • Benefits and Performance • Inside look at Boot to VHD Partitions • Common Scenarios • Installing … OS Media or Network Boot • Step By Step – Native Boot to VHD with No underlying OS • Step By Step – Native Boot to VHD with Underlying OS • An Inside Look at BCDEdit • Limitations • Guidelines, Here is the proof => Next…

5. Introduction to Native Boot to VHD • What is a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) • Fixed Disks • Larger (slower to deploy) • Recommended for production systems • Dynamic disks • Grow as data is added • Smaller (faster to deploy) • As used with Virtual PC / Virtual Server / Hyper-V • Supported Platforms • Windows 7 (Enterprise, Ultimate) • Windows Server 2008 R2 (Full and Core) • Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web • Itanium-based systems • Tools (See Resources for details) • DiskPart,Disk Management (MMC),BCDEdit, BCDBoot, DISM, Hyper-V Manager, Sysprep, ImageX (AIK)

6. Benefits of Native Boot to VHD • Possible to boot a VHD directly on hardware • Can run Windows Virtualization Platform • Deploy either as physical or virtual using same file • Use the same management tools • Support multiple boot scenarios • Fast deployment for re-usable environments • Parent of a differencing disk can be a fixed, dynamic, or differencing disk (differencing chain) • Negligible performance difference from Native

7. Native VHD Performance

8. System and VHD Partitions System Partition Primary Partition • Parent volume of the VHD is available after boot with a different volume letter • LOOK: Watch your disk space go to maximum VHD Capacity + Physical Used Bootmgr C:\Windows D: BCD C:\Pagefile.sys D: C:\Vhd\Windows7Dynamic.vhd D: Phy Physical Disk Virtual VHD C:\Windows VHD Boot

9. BCDEdit – Windows Server 2008 R2 Running on Metal In this example, we have an OS running on Metal and a VHD Boot menu also available

10. BCDEdit – Host with NO OS Installed Natively In this example, we have only one OS and it is running in a VHD on an empty hard drive DEMO

11. Preparing for Native Boot and BCDEdit • If host system is Vista SP1: • Replace Bootmgr and BcdEdit.exe with Windows 7 versions • Create bootable VHD file • Disk Manager, Hyper-V Manager, ImageX, SCVMM, DiskPart,Etc • Copy bootable VHD to a directory on the host system • (e.g. ‘c:\vhd\BootWin.vhd’) • Use BcdEdit to copy the existing boot entry (from administrativecmd prompt) bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Windows VHD Boot” • Look at the new entry bcdedit /v • Use BcdEdit to Edit the VHD system bcdedit /set {GUID} device vhd=[c:]\vhd\BootWin.vhd bcdedit /set {GUID} osdevicevhd=[c:]\vhd\BootWin.vhd bcdedit /set {GUID} detecthal on • Use BCDEdit to change the description, default start item, menu order, timeout, etc. bcdedit /set {GUID} description “New Menu Description Goes Here!” bcdedit /default {GUID} bcdedit /displayorder {GUID_1} {GUID_2} bcdedit /timeout 10 • If using virtualization on the system… (Make sure you cold boot after making changes) Enable Virtualization in BIOS bcdedit /set {GUID} hypervisorlaunchtype auto

12. An Inside Look at BCDEdit Let’s look at BCDEdit in some detail

13. Resources How to Perform Common Tasks  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979534(WS.10).aspx What's New for IT Pros in Windows 7 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349334(WS.10).aspx What's New in Virtual Hard Disks http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440864(WS.10).aspx What's New in Deployment Tools http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744386(WS.10).aspx Windows(R) Image to Virtual Hard Disk (WIM2VHD) Converter http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wim2vhd

14. Tools Resources Appendix: Tools, Scripts, and APIs. The following tools are included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: • DiskPart   A command-line tool that you can use to create, attach, and detach VHDs. You can also perform more advanced tasks like compacting, expanding, and merging VHDs. For more information, see DiskPart on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128458). • Disk Management   A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to create, attach, and detach VHDs. • BCDEdit   A command-line tool that you use to manage boot configuration data (BCD) stores. For more information, see BCDEdit on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128459). • BCDBoot   A command-line tool that you can use to manage and create new BCD stores and BCD boot entries. BCDBoot can be used to create a new boot entry when configuring a system to boot from a new VHD. For more information, see BCDBoot Command-Line Options on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=155166). • Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)   A command-line tool that you use to apply updates, drivers, and language packs to a Windows image. For more information, see Deployment Image Servicing and Management Technical Reference on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155029). • Windows Hyper-V Manager   An MMC snap-in that supports VHD image creation. You can specify the type and size of VHD and install Windows from a CD or DVD, or from an ISO Image file. The Hyper-V Manager is only available on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role installed. • Sysprep   A tool that enables you to remove user and computer-specific data from the operating system image. This enables you to capture the image and deploy it to other computers. For more information, see Sysprep Technical Reference on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155027). The following tool are included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK): • ImageX   A command line tool that enables you to capture, create, modify, and apply Windows images. For more information, see ImageX Technical Reference on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155340).

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16. Wrap Up … Thank You! • Evaluations/Report Card (Same scale as grade school) • 10 =100% A+ …does not exist because, nobody’s perfect! • 9 =90% … Good = Report card of “A” (A-minus actually) • 8 =80% … OK = Report card of “B” • Less than 8, Please give feedback so I/we can improve • 7 =70% … Not so good = Report card of “C” • 6 =60% … Very bad = Report card of “D” • 5 = 50% … Complete Failure = Report card of “F” • Less… You get the picture… Send em’ all packin’! • Please tell us where we can improve and what you want us to teach? • Subscribe to Dan’s Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/danstolts • Contact Dan: http://blogs.technet.com/danstolts/contact.aspxfor Questions • Continue to learn about Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on Dan’s Blog and on Edge (http://Edge.TechNet.com)